"(Screengrab via YouTube/Netflix) College football coach John Beam, a central figure in Netflix's Last Chance U, was killed Thursday in a campus shooting at Laney College in Oakland. In a statement on Friday police confirmed Beam was fatally shot at the community college's downtown field house and said a suspect had been taken into custody. Authorities have not released the individual's name or provided details of what led to the lunchtime shooting but said an investigation was underway."
"The shooting triggered a full campus lockdown in an order that was only lifted Friday morning after ABC News reported that Beam had been shot in the head. Beam had directed Laney College's athletic programme since 2006, guiding its football operation and later becoming one of the standout presences in the fifth and final season of Last Chance U in 2020. The popular docuseries followed Laney's 2019 campaign, capturing the demands and strains facing under-resourced junior-college teams striving to remain competitive."
John Beam was killed Thursday in a campus shooting at Laney College in Oakland. Police confirmed Beam was fatally shot at the college's downtown field house and said a suspect was taken into custody; authorities have not released the suspect's name or details of the motive. The shooting prompted a campus lockdown that was lifted Friday morning after reports said Beam had been shot in the head. Beam directed Laney's athletic programme since 2006 and became a standout presence on Season 5 of Last Chance U, which followed Laney's 2019 campaign. Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said Beam shaped leaders on and off the field for over 40 years.
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